Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission – Te Komihana Rūwhenua o Waitaha
Those who lost relatives and friends in the 22 February earthquake can be assured that there will be a very thorough inquiry into the failure of buildings that resulted in loss of life.
Ground Motion and Seismicity Aspects of 4 September 2010 Darfield and 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes: Technical report by Brendon Bradley of Bradley Seismic Ltd, January 2012
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 4: Building Act tools for the upgrading of the structural performance of buildings - Earthquake-Prone Building Provisions of the Building Act 2004: Policy Guidance for Territorial Authorities: Technical Report by Department of Building and Housing, June 2005
Base Isolation and Damage-Resistant Technologies for Improved Seismic Performance of Buildings: Technical Report by Andrew H Buchanan, Des Bull, Rajesh P Dhakal, Gregory MacRae, Alessandro Palermo and Stefano Pampanin, August 2011
Preliminary Observations from Christchurch Earthquakes: Technical Report by John Hare in conjunction with Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand, August 2011
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 5: rapid assessment of buildings during a state of emergency - Building safety evaluation during a state of emergency - Guidelines for Territorial Authorities: Technical Report by New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, August 2009
Practice Note - Design of Conventional Structural Systems Following Canterbury Earthquakes: Submission by Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand, December 2011
Heritage Buildings, Earthquake Strengthening and Damage: The Canterbury Earthquakes September 2010-January 2012: Technical report by Robert McClean and NZHPT
Independent Review of the Response to the Canterbury Earthquake, 4 September 2010: Technical report commissioned by Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, May 2011
System of Building Controls: Letter by Department of Building and Housing to Royal Commission regarding requested documents relating to building failure caused by Canterbury earthquakes, May 2011
Probabilities of aftershocks and larger events for the 2010 Darfield earthquake based on average behaviour of New Zealand earthquakes: Technical Report by GNS Science, 2011
Structural Design for Earthquake Resistance - Past, Present and Future of Seismic Design: Technical Report by Associate Professor Rajesh P Dhakal, August 2011
The Civil Defence Emergency Management Framework and Response to the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake: Technical report by the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, October 2011
Performance of Unreinforced Masonry in the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Swarm: Technical Report by Associate Professor Jason M Ingham and Professor Michael C Griffith, August 2011
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 6 - Investigation by the Department of Building and Housing into the building collapses - Technical investigation into the performance of buildings in the Christchurch CBD in the 22 February Christchurch aftershock: Technical Report by Department of Building and Housing, September 2011
Building Evaluation Transition Team - Processes Used and Lessons Learnt Following the Darfield Earthquake of 4 September 2010: Technical Report by Esther Griffiths of Sisirc Consulting Limited and Deane McNulty of McNulty Engineering Management Limited, January 2011